From Thomas Carney to E.M. Stanton

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Title: From Thomas Carney to E.M. Stanton
Creator: Thomas Carney
Description: This telegram, dated May 9, 1863, is from Kansas Gov. Thomas Carney to E.M. Stanton, U.S. Secretary of War. Carney, writing from Leavenworth, Kansas, requests permission from Stanton to raise a regiment of Home Guards for border protection, as well as two or more “Negro Regiments for General service.” Carney adds that “A portion of the State will be depopulated unless protection given.”
Date: May 9, 1863
Local Subject: African Americans
Kansas military units
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: Thomas Carney
Geographic Subject: Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Object Type: Telegram
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Stevens, T.C., Folder 1: Correspondence 1861-1863, Item 16
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